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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                N Coffee drinkers risk heart trouble study says Page 5 usurping along the Border pages 13,14,15 3 Denver edges san Francisco 17-16 in nil game Page 21 the stars and stripes vol. 44. No. 209 wednesday november 13, 1985 d 8693 a America Marks veterans Day Reagan urges remembrance of War dead by the associated press americans on monday honoured those who fought their wars. They held veterans Day vigils memorial dedications and parades including a controversial March in new York that excluded a homosexual veterans group. While the wife of a missing Navy Pilot was delivering thousands of letters to officials of Vietnam demanding help in tracking Down those still unaccounted for in the Southeast asian War. President Reagan called on the nation to remember the things thai will continue the  speaking to a crowd of  at the Tomb of the unknown Soldier at Arling ton National cemetery. Reagan said All we can do is remember hem and what they did and Why they had to be Brave for us. All we can do is try to see that other Young men never have to join  a somber service concluded a four Day Vigil by Vietnam veterans in front of the Alamo in san Antonio. Texas also in remembrance of the 2,500 combatants who never returned from the Southeast asian War. There s a patrol still  said Michael Martin who led a .100-mile March of veterans from Dallas to san Antonio last week. Some in the audience wept. Cross thai line Tim Holiday who helped organi a the March with Martin urged veterans to Cross that line and live for Freedom. Too Many have  Holiday said he was referring not Only to soldiers who died in Vietnam but the veterans who have committed suicide since. The veterans most wearing camouflage fatigues hoisted a Black and White pow Mia Flag in front of the Alamo and Sang songs written by Martin and Holiday. In new York angry members of the Gay veterans association protested a decision barring them from marching under the group s Banner in the annual Ameri can legion Parade Down fifth Avenue. The group held a separate Wreath laying. The american legion barred homosexuals from taking part As an organi de group and two Federal court rulings upheld the ban. We would t have minded them marching As individuals we have Gays in our organization. But we did t want them coming in with signs about aids said John Morahan spokesman for the Parade. Mayor Edward i. Koch used the Parade honouring the unknown Soldier Prince Charles and maj. Gen. John bal of the unknown Soldier at Arlington a Vanlyne commander of the military Dis tonal cemetery monday. Princess Diana Ricl of Washington Salute at the Tomb stands near the two. Podium to blast the collision i believe it was a  he said "1 believe if you have served this country. You belong in the  Koch told reporters Philip Kaplan past commander of the american legion of new York county replied from the podium that the Parade was privately sponsored and we can in Vite anyone we  the 2.000 spectators along the manhat Tan Parade route barely outnumbered the 1,500 Marcher disappointed Parade officials said. Parades also stepped Oil in Boston co Lumbia. S c i of Angeles and Many other cities and Lowns there were no bands but about 7s marching Einam veterans and 25 cars with their horns Barur staged an Impromptu Parade monday in i Ort Collins. Colo., refusing to let Bill Rev cold weather end their Welcome Home reunion w Inch attracted 1.1 011 people. Someone pointed on i they did l Ca i cel the War because of the weather said Alan Brett a Tori Collins u trans a Iii Selor who helped Organ a the  called lir base Colorado new in my terrorism Viv Caps and Battle garb adorn i Many of the 250 Eie Ratu who i Actu in . . As Hep.  Cutey said veterans Day should remind  a new , Utin sni. W Inch he said cannot. Go unanswered. One Spectator supporting him Elf with a Cane wore a fatigue jacket with a  picturing a map of Vietnam and the inscription i m sure to j o in heaven be cause i be spent my Lime in hell " a Randolph. Mass. Unman. Maureen Dunn travelled to the i med nation Headquarters m new York to present 75.000 letters to the \ Lel namese ambassador urging his government to accelerate efforts to account for so Mccamen and civil ians still held prisoner and missing in your  Dunn s husband. Navy i l cmdr. Joseph Dunn disappeared on i cd 14, a. When his plane was shot Down i m doing it for Joe and All the Guys m  she said of the gesture pan no an Effort to Send i million letters to Iel namese officials. In Dallas i Hanks giving Square Bells pealed i i times at 1 i a in. Commemorating the moment when the armistice ending see veterans on Page 28 Italy looks for another Angle to keep Pisa Fower standing Pisa Italy a the leaning Tower is having a checkup to see if anything More can be done to keep in from tailing. Workers have begun the Survey which includes taking samples of material from the 12th-Century Tower and the subsoil on which it stands at its precarious Angle. 17 feet off the perpendicular. One italian news Agency said monday that planners want to know the physical chemical characteristics of the Walls foun Dation and soil before deciding if any major work is needed. In 1984, the Tower registered its lowest till record in recent years according to the group that maintains the landmark. The 180-foot Marble lower increased ils lean by Only 0.02 inches Down from 0.05 inches in 1983. The Lallian government in 1983 assigned six University professors the task of coming up with a plan to prevent the Tower from falling Over some Day and approved what was then Worth $7 million for the Job. Shortly after its construction began in 1173, the Tower began leaning because the ground beneath it shifted. Various remedies have been suggested but none has been Able to Slop inc Tower s progressive lean. New Jersey plane crash death toll reaches 6 h Park . A three More bodies were recovered monday Rais ing the death toll in an air collision Between two planes to six. Photo Page 3. Investigators inventoried wreckage strewn Over 20 blocks and impounded air traffic control recordings to determine Why the planes collided. The body of the sixth person killed was believed to be that of a Man who had been in his apartment when a burning corporate Jet slammed into two buildings sunday evening igniting a fire that engulfed three other buildings. Fourteen people were in the iwo build Ings and "1.1 had Lime to escape said stale police Cape. Joseph c Japa Roita. I was listening to the stereo and the next tiling i knew my windows blew in. In three seconds 1 was out the  said Joseph Ramuglia. 2�. Whose apartment was gulled. Red flames. All red flames there were people All Over the  two of the bodies recovered monday afternoon were believed to be those of the Pilot and co Pilot of the Jet. The aircraft was  by Nabisco brands inc. Said see crash on Page 28  
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